The Izod IndyCar Series yesterday announced its '13 TV schedule, which includes ABC’s first primetime race and three doubleheaders -- one on ABC, and two on NBC Sports Network. NBCSN will televise the first four races of the season, beginning with the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 24. ABC will air six races, beginning with the net’s 49th consecutive year of televising the Indianapolis 500. Qualification for 12 races, including Pole Day and Bump Day for the Indy 500, will air on NBCSN. The net also will continue to air “IndyCar 36,” which follows a driver behind the scenes during a race. All 12 Firestone Indy Lights races will be broadcast on NBCSN (IndyCar).

'13 IZOD INDYCAR SERIES TV SCHEDULE

DATE

TRACK

NET

3/24

Streets of St. Petersburg

NBCSN

4/7

Barber Motorsports Park

NBCSN

4/21

Streets of Long Beach

NBCSN

5/5

Streets of Sao Paulo

NBCSN

5/26

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

ABC

6/1

Streets of Belle Isle

ABC

6/2

Streets of Belle Isle

ABC

6/8

Texas Motor Speedway

ABC

6/15

The Milwaukee Mile

NBCSN

6/23

Iowa Speedway

ABC

7/7

Pocono Raceway

ABC

7/13

Streets of Toronto

NBCSN

7/14

Streets of Toronto

NBCSN

8/4

Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

NBCSN

8/25

Raceway at Sonoma

NBCSN

9/1

Streets of Baltimore

NBCSN

10/5

Reliant Park

NBCSN

10/6

Reliant Park

NBCSN

10/19

Auto Club Speedway

NBCSN

STANDARD PROCEDURE: SPEEDTV.com's Marshall Pruett reported new Hulman & Co. CEO Mark Miles, who oversees the IndyCar Series, “expressed his desire to see a more standardized television package to help fans follow the sport, and it has come in the form of broadcast times that will start within a relatively consistent window at most rounds.” IndyCar COO Robby Greene said, "The 2013 IZOD IndyCar Series television schedule was created with the goal of keeping things simple for our fans. Our fans asked for more consistency and we thank our television partners and our promoters for working with us to help achieve that goal” (SPEEDTV.com, 1/21)